Tie-plate.



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atented September 22, 1903.'

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ALBERT-F. WOOD, OF SNOMA, SOUTH DAKOTA.

TIE-PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,768, dated September 22, 1903.

Application led February 18,1903. Serial No. 143,988. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALBERT F. Woon, a cit-izen of the United States, residing at Snoina,

in the county of Butte and State of South Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tie-Plates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in tie-plates for railway-rails; and its object is to provide a simple device of inexpensive construction which may be employed not only for securing rails in position, but is also adapted to hold the abutting ends of the rails in alinement.

A further object is to provide a tie-plate in I which spikes are adapted to be so arranged as to securely hold the same'against twisting or becoming accidentally displaced.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in providinga triangular plate at one end of which is formed an inwardly-exteuding flange forming a groove for the reception of one edge of the base of a rail. Preferably three apertures arel formed in this plate for the reception of secu ring-spikes, and two of these spikes are adapted to overlap the other edge of the base of the rail, thereby firmly securing the rail in position. The remaining spike prevents the plate from twisting the rail-holdin g spikes from position and, moreover, holds the plate in position while a rail or rails are being placed thereon.

The invention further consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a rail secured in position by means of my improved tie-plate, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the plate and showing in dotted lines the abutting ends of two rails in position upon the plate.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, l is a triangular plate having a flange 2 at one end thereof, which is bent inward, so

as to form a groove 3 between it and the -plate mit spikes 6 when inserted therethrough to overlap the other edge of the base 4. An aperture '7 is arranged at the reduced end of When it is desired to secure the ends of 6o two adjoining rails by means of the plate f `herein described, said plate is secured in -proper position by means of the spike S. 'The two ends of the rails are then brought together u pon the center of the plate, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and one edge of each rail inserted into the groove 3. When the bases of the rails assume this position, the other edges thereof will be approximately in alinement with the inner edges of the apertures 5.' Spikes 6 are then driven through the apertures 5 into the tie thereunder, and the heads thereof engage the base 4 and, together with ila-nge 2, serve to hold the two rails securely fastened together. It will be seen that the device is extremely simple and inexpensive in construction and by cutting the same from a strip of heavy sheet metal a largenuniber thereof can beformed without any waste of material.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not limit myself th'eret0as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I thereforereserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed'as new is- A device of the character described stamped from a strip of sheet metal comprising a triangular plate having an aperture in the reduced end thereof for the reception of a holding-spike, and apertures between the ends for the reception of rail-securing spikes; of an inwardly-extending iiange at the large end of the plate forming a groove thereunder within which one edge of the base of a rail is adapted to be fitted.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT F. WOOD. Witnesses:

S. G. Monrmna, E. E. MGLEAN.

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